A group prepares to board the Savannah Slow Ride on Jones Street outside the Crystal Beer Parlor.

Pedal-powered touring vehicles may not have steered clear of their last obstacle from the city of Savannah.

A revised ordinance calls for cutting Savannah Slow Ride’s quadracycle boundaries roughly in half. City Council had been scheduled to vote on the revision last week, but discussion and a vote was postponed to April 5.

The vehicles would not be allowed west of Montgomery Street, south of Charlton or east of Bull Street. The previous ordinance gave boundaries of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Gaston and East Broad streets.

That puts Savannah Slow Ride’s headquarters, at Wayne and Montgomery, as well as its usual starting point, the Crystal Beer Parlor at Jones and Jefferson, outside the revised boundaries. It also means the quadracycles couldn’t pedal past sightseeing locales such as the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist on Abercorn Street or continue the practice of stopping for ice cream at Leopold’s, which is also east of Bull.

The revision surprised the owners of Savannah Slow Ride and their attorney, Harold Yellin.

“All of a sudden, at 10 to 5 the Wednesday before City Council, we get this new one,” said Samantha Meier, an owner and operator. “We just want to be held to the same touring route as the other touring companies.”

Members of City Council have not reviewed or publicly discussed the revised route. Mayor Pro Tem Van Johnson, who represents downtown, isn’t ready to support such a change.

“I wouldn’t see why it can’t go where horses and trolleys go or be subject to the same rules as hearse tours,” he said. “I just think we have to be sensible.”

Meier was confident that she, Yellin, City Manager Rochelle Small-Toney and city staff would be able to discuss the issue and develop a compromise before the next council meeting.

Sean Brandon, the city’s director of mobility and parking services, said the city is trying to keep the quadracycles from operating in heavily residential areas. Even within accepted boundaries, he said, the vehicles might be restricted from traveling certain streets or squares. Chippewa Square, for example, already is experiencing such heavy southbound traffic from touring vehicles that Slow Ride could be asked to enter the square northbound only.

Brandon said his office had received “few, if any complaints” about the quadracylces. Savannah-Chatham Police Chief Willie Lovett said his department has not had any complaints of accidents or violations, and Johnson said he has not received any complaints.

The concern from some members of council and the city manager’s office, Brandon said, is how to handle anticipated growth of the unusual vehicles. A second quadracycle company has expressed interest in entering the Savannah market, and a cluster of three or five of the vehicles could slow traffic and could contribute to noise levels, Brandon said.

The City Council was scheduled to vote last week on ordinance revisions that would have banned the consumption of alcohol on the quadracycles and required seat belts and brake lights.

After a majority of council members took a Saturday ride on one of the touring vehicles last month, most were prepared to allow alcohol but push instead for more safety features.